Portable soap holder



.May 6,1930. M, J EOONEYI 1,751,590

PORTABLE SOAP HOLDER Filed June 21, 1928 Patented May 6, 1930 UNETED STATES MATTHEW J. RODNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PORTABLE VSOAP HOLDER Application filed. June 21,

This invention relates to improvements in soap holders which are portable, and more particularly to a soap container wherein the cake or bar of soap may be directly engaged by a brush, as distinguished from the well known soap cage, which is placed in a container of water to soap the water, and which does not permit actual contact of a brush directly on the soap.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved portable soap holder which will be arranged to support and hold a bar of soap of any size, it being known that various kinds of soap vary slightly in dimensions, and to equally well hold a small pieceof soap after the same has been used until it is only a small portion of its original size. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved portable soap. container which will be so constructed that it will equallywell support cakes of soap of varying in any of a plurality of positions within a,

pail of water, or on the wall, as desired.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds. In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my application,

proved soap holder; 7

Figure 2 is a plan view of the holder showing a new cake of soap in position therein;

Figure 3 is a plan view of my improved soap holder showing the positioning of a small piece of soap in the holder;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line ll of Figure 2; I

Figure 5 is a side elevation of my improved soap holder showing a bar of soap held at the opposite end of the holder when it is,

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desired to engage the whole side of the bar of soap with a brush, and

I Figure 6 is a side elevation of a pail, the same being partly broken away to show the soap holder supported therein.

Like ch'aracters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

My improved soap holder comprises a central handle portion 1 which is shaped to easily and conveniently fit the hand, and the soap holder generally denoted 2.. At the opposite end of the handle to the soap holder 2, an upstanding flange 3 is formed, against which a cake or bar of soap 4 may be held by the thumb, while a brush is rubbed over the full surface of the soap. 7 The soap holder, 2 has a perforated bottom plate 5, the perforations being numbered 6,

The adjacent inner corners of the locking stripsll are rounded off to permit the ready insertion of a cake or bar of soap within the holder.

Suitable spaced openings 12 are formed through the handle 1 of the holder, in order 7, that the said holder may be supported at the Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imdesired height on a hook 13 within a pail 14, or on any desired support.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that it is only necessary to insert a bar of soap within the holder, and the same may be grasped by the handle, and a Wet scrubbing brush rubbed over the exposed area of the soap. The holder may be dipped in water to moisten thesoap, and it is obvious that anysuperfluous water will immediately drain off through the perforations 6 and 8. The length of thefsoap holder 2 is sufiicient to hold any desired size of soap. When the soap is nearly used up, the same may be turned at right angles to its former position,'as illus trated in Figure 3, and the brush may then be soaped until the soapis entirely consumed,

It is known that it is difficult and also wasteful to permit the cake or bar of soap to remain free in a pail of water, and that the soap is always slipping from the hands, and most of the soap is wasted by being dissolved in the Water. r

In Figure5, I have illustrated another way in which the soap may be held against the'upturned flange on the handle when it'is desired to engage the whole surface of the bar.

By having a plurality of openings 12, I provide means whereby the holder may be supported at the desired heightin a pail of water, or may be hung up on: any suitable support. 7

The soap will be held in position as shown in Figure 5, when it is desired to soapclothes when washing the laundry.

Often cakes of soap will become broken up and will be thrown away because of the small sizes of the pieces, but with my improved soap holder these pieces may be utilized until they are completely consumed in use.

It is apparent that many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A portable soap holder having a perforated bottom plate, a perforated end plate attached thereto, side plates attached to said bottom plate, and flexible retaining means attached to said side and end plate's for retainsoap within said holder.

2. The combination as setforth in claim 1, and said flexible soap retaining means being spaced at the opposite'sides of said housing.

3. A portable soap holder having a perforated bottom pl ate, a perforated end plate attached thereto, side plates attached to said bottom plate, an upwardly extending closure strip attached to said bottom plate in spaced relation with said perforated end plat-e, spaced flexible retaining strips secured to the upper surfaces of said end and side plates, and a handle formed integrally with said holder. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MATTHEW J ROONEY. 

